terrace | (noun) usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence | Synonyms: patio |
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(noun) a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face) | - |
(noun) a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) | Synonyms: bench |
(verb) make into terraces as for cultivation | - |
(verb) provide (a house) with a terrace | Synonyms: terrasse |
terracotta | (noun) a hard unglazed brownish-red earthenware | Synonyms: terra cotta |
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terrain | (noun) a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential | - |
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terrapin | (noun) any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water | - |
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terrarium | (noun) a vivarium in which selected living plants are kept and observed | - |
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terrasse | (verb) provide (a house) with a terrace | Synonyms: terrace |
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terrene | (adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air | Synonyms: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial |
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(adjective) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly | Synonyms: mundane |
terreplein | (noun) level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart | - |
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terrestrial | (adjective) operating or living or growing on land | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air | Synonyms: tellurian, telluric, terrene |
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants | Synonyms: planetary |
(adjective) of this earth | Synonyms: sublunar, sublunary |
(adjective) concerned with the world or worldly matters | Synonyms: mundane |
terrestrially | (adverb) to a land environment | - |
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(adverb) in a worldly manner | Synonyms: mundanely |
terrible | (adjective) causing fear or dread or terror | Synonyms: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific |
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(adjective) extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | Synonyms: awful, frightful, tremendous |
(adjective) intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality | Synonyms: severe, wicked |
(adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, unspeakable |
terribleness | (noun) a quality of extreme unpleasantness | Synonyms: awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness |
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terribly | (adverb) used as intensifiers | Synonyms: awful, awfully, frightfully |
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(adverb) in a terrible manner | Synonyms: abominably, abysmally, atrociously, awfully, rottenly |
terrier | (noun) any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground | - |
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terrific | (adjective) causing extreme terror | Synonyms: terrifying |
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(adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous |
(adjective) very great or intense | - |
terrifically | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvellously, marvelously, superbly, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously |
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terrified | (adjective) thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | Synonyms: frightened, panic-stricken, panic-struck, panicked, panicky |
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terrify | (verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly | Synonyms: terrorise, terrorize |
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terrifying | (adjective) causing extreme terror | Synonyms: terrific |
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terrine | (noun) a pate or fancy meatloaf baked in an earthenware casserole | - |
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territorial | (adjective) belonging to the territory of any state or ruler | - |
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(adjective) displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders | - |
(adjective) of or relating to a territory | - |
(noun) a territorial military unit | Synonyms: territorial reserve |
(noun) nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit | - |
territorialisation | (noun) the act of organizing as a territory | Synonyms: territorialization |
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territorialise | (verb) extend by adding territory | Synonyms: territorialize |
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(verb) place on a territorial basis | Synonyms: territorialize |
(verb) organize as a territory | Synonyms: territorialize |
territoriality | (noun) the behavior of a male animal that defines and defends its territory | - |
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territorialization | (noun) the act of organizing as a territory | Synonyms: territorialisation |
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territorialize | (verb) extend by adding territory | Synonyms: territorialise |
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(verb) place on a territorial basis | Synonyms: territorialise |
(verb) organize as a territory | Synonyms: territorialise |
territorially | (adverb) with respect to territory | - |
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territory | (noun) an area of knowledge or interest | - |
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(noun) a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | Synonyms: district, dominion, territorial dominion |
(noun) the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state | Synonyms: soil |
terror | (noun) the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons) | - |
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(noun) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety | Synonyms: affright, panic |
(noun) a very troublesome child | Synonyms: brat, holy terror, little terror |
(noun) a person who inspires fear or dread | Synonyms: scourge, threat |
terrorisation | (noun) the act of inspiring with fear | Synonyms: frightening, terrorization |
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(noun) an act of terrorism | Synonyms: terrorization |
terrorise | (verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly | Synonyms: terrify, terrorize |
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(verb) coerce by violence or with threats | Synonyms: terrorize |
terrorism | (noun) the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear | Synonyms: act of terrorism, terrorist act |
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terrorist | (noun) a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities | - |
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terrorization | (noun) the act of inspiring with fear | Synonyms: frightening, terrorisation |
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(noun) an act of terrorism | Synonyms: terrorisation |
terrorize | (verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly | Synonyms: terrify, terrorise |
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(verb) coerce by violence or with threats | Synonyms: terrorise |
terry | (noun) a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes | Synonyms: terry cloth, terrycloth |
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terrycloth | (noun) a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes | Synonyms: terry, terry cloth |
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